people of faithfulness, confident people/persons of strong faith
People with strong faith. Individuals with ideals who act to fulfill them. The opposite of the expression: 'people of little faith.'
("And Rava said: Jerusalem was destroyed only because people of faithfulness ceased from her"—Shabbat 119b, and also: "It was said about people of faithfulness, they are trustworthy like the men of the Great Assembly"—Agnon, 'Ir uMelo'ah, 39)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
אַנְשֵׁי אֲמָנָה
Definition (Hebrew)
אֲנָשִׁים בַּעֲלֵי אֱמוּנָה חֲזָקָה. אֲנָשִׁים בַּעֲלֵי אִידֵאָלִים וּפוֹעֲלִים לְהַגְשָׁמָתָם. הִפּוּכוֹ שֶׁל הַבִּטּוּי: 'קְטַנֵּי אֲמָנָה'.
("וְאָמַר רָבָא: לֹא חָרְבָה יְרוּשָׁלַיִם אֶלָּא בִּשְׁבִיל שֶׁפָּסְקוּ מִמֶּנָּה אַנְשֵׁי אֲמָנָה"-שַׁבָּת קַיִט ע"ב, וְכֵן:"הוּא שֶׁהָיוּ אוֹמְרִים עַל אַנְשֵׁי אֲמָנָה, נֶאֱמָנִים הֵם כְּאַנְשֵׁי בֵּית הַכְּנֶסֶת הַגָּדוֹל"-עַגְנוֹן/ עִיר וּמְלוֹאָהּ, 39)